"The boobie physics must be impeccable in this rig you build, capisce?"

"Absolutely, m'Lord. But what about if they are fla-"

"Shh! Don't let Rush-...her hear you... do you want to get us all killed?! But to answer your question, their frames can go to the other girls."

"Terribly sorry, m'Lord. Very good."

"Excellent. Now then, time for exercise."

"At once, m'Lord."

Is it worth upgrading from 16GB RAM if the only games you play nowadays are VNs...? Decisions, decisions...

Sources:

• Gaming Desktop
• NekoPara Vol. 1 and 2 CGs

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.comfysnug.space/post/208870

There are over 1,000 games tagged "Visual Novel" for sale on Steam until August 14th.

Here are some notable dual-language titles:

• Muv-Luv & Muv-Luv Alternative are more than 50% off. Both games are dual-language.
• Steins;Gate and Steins;Gate 0 are 60% off.
• Aokana is 50% off.
• The House in Fata Morgana is 35% off.

Localization-only releases (i.e. they don't include the original Japanese script):

• [Wonderful Everyday (AKA Subahibi)](https://store

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.comfysnug.space/post/179711

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"Like a small animal"... except in the chest region

Inspired by u/sumiredabestgirl's post and a follow-up.

Source: Liar Liar S1E4 7:06

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.comfysnug.space/post/138679

We've been working on a guide to help players on all major GNU/Linux distributions play visual novels for the past few weeks. This guide is designed to be used by both beginners and experts, with minimal need to touch the command line.

openSUSE wins the award for "never had to touch the terminal" and "simplest setup instructions", but Fedora is a close second.

While there are a few existing visual novel guides for GNU/Linux around, we've tried to fill in the gaps we noticed. We've put a lot of research into this guide and ensured it is accurate while remaining simple and approachable.

If you're interested, start here!

We have an extensive Troubleshooting section on our Problems page if you're having trouble getting visual novels to work, too.

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.comfysnug.space/post/138241

All are welcome to join. I look forward to seeing you guys there~!

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.comfysnug.space/post/128914

Not actually 100% sure when this is from. pls gib sauce

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.comfysnug.space/post/123819

2012 edition. It's quite interesting to see what visual novels were popular 10 years ago.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.comfysnug.space/post/119094

I also had the 2017 edition floating around, so I figured I'd upload it, too. There are 'some' differences between the 2015 and 2017 versions, after all.

heavier and faster breathing

Kath: "Now where'd I put that crossbow bolt...."

begins hyperventilating

Source: Evenicle

Kath's smugg face is too good.

Source: Evenicle

If you find someone that gets your type of "weird", though...

Source: Evenicle

"Your sentence is... death by snu snu."

Well, that's their reality. The actual reality for most, on the other hand, looks closer to...

Sources:

• Anime: Isekai Smartphone S2E12 15:49
• VN: Evenicle Chapter 2

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.comfysnug.space/post/93825

MangaGamer announced several new titles at Anime Expo.

JAST made several new announcements and updated us on some existing projects at their panel.

Other news

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.comfysnug.space/post/88408

Today I learned that Saiya-Saiga has a ディスクレス field for all the visual novels listed on the site. The field essentially labels whether the release is encumbered by DRM or not; whether it performs a check to ensure the disk is in the drive on first startup.

If the developer has provided a DRM-removal patch, as in the case of August with Aiyoku no Eustia, that is also listed with a link to download it.

This should be very useful for players looking for DRM-Free releases.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.comfysnug.space/post/79947

Anime has slowly grown into a global phenomenon, but visual novels are far more niche. Many visual novels remain untouched by localization companies, and sometimes the localizations we do get are…lackluster.

Often, the best way to experience a visual novel is in the original language—Japanese. Whether you’re already interested in learning Japanese, or want to learn Japanese purely to play visual novels in their original language, both motivations are perfectly valid. Visual novels are a great way to learn Japanese, because you get exposure to both the written and spoken language.

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I've written a guide on how you can learn Japanese by playing visual novels with the help of a friend who made some suggestions to improve it, and it's available on our wiki, [wiki.comfysnug.space](https://wiki.comfysnug.space/doku.php?id=visualnovel:re

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.comfysnug.space/post/77652

Over 200 games are discounted until July 9th on the JAST storefront.

• All releases are DRM-Free
• Reminder that you can filter by Japanese support; 29 games with Japanese support are currently discounted

Includes a lot of nukige, but also some plot-focused ones like:

• Hanachirasu
• Aokana
• Flowers series
• Muramasa

It's a good thing Gurigura's not actually like this.

VN source in title.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.comfysnug.space/post/72101

Where would I go about looking for banner images in these relative form factors for visual novels in general? My lutris screen looks pretty ugly right now and I'd like to pretty it up some.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.comfysnug.space/post/43368

A guide to buying visual novels, particularly if you want to acquire them in the original japanese